WORCESTER -- The house on the right, dwarfed by the buildings around it, was still a mansion — the Salisbury Mansion. It moved from its location in Lincoln Square up Highland Street in 1929 to make way for the Worcester Boys Club.

The Boys Club was an imposing building from 1930, facing the ever-changing traffic pattern of Lincoln Square and a Great War memorial.

The 1930s were a busy building era for Lincoln Square, completely altering the scene in the older photo from pastoral to urban, but with grandeur.

In 1933, the Worcester Memorial Auditorium, in an effort led by Worcester industrialist Robert Stoddard, replaced the pear orchard on the left of this pre-1929 Lincoln Square photograph. It was yet another memorial to what is now known as World War I designed by Worcester architect Lucius W. Briggs. The building served as a venue for sports, music, drama and even as a shelter in 1953 when the city was struck by a tornado. Its interior is home to a large mural by artist Leon Kroll.